From andy at pasty.org.uk Fri Apr 1 07:54:51 2005
From: andy at pasty.org.uk (Andrew McGregor)
Date: Fri Apr 1 07:55:00 2005
Subject: [Bath-pm] [ANNOUNCE] Oracle::Sqlldr 0.11 alpha
Message-ID: <39352.62.173.88.110.1112370891.squirrel@webmail.pasty.org.uk>
Oracle::Sqlldr 0.11 alpha is now available on CPAN.
http://search.cpan.org/~mcgregor/Oracle-Sqlldr-0.11/Sqlldr/Sqlldr.pm
Oracle::Sqlldr is an object-oriented class that provides a convenient Perl
wrapper around Oracle's sqlldr utility.
Andrew McGregor
From andy at pasty.org.uk Wed Apr 13 03:47:55 2005
From: andy at pasty.org.uk (Andrew McGregor)
Date: Wed Apr 13 02:48:46 2005
Subject: [Bath-pm] Book Review
Message-ID: <61183.62.173.88.110.1113389275.squirrel@webmail.pasty.org.uk>
Hi,
Manning's will give a free book to Bath.pm for a published review.
There aren't any Perl books right now (one coming soon) but hopefully
something will be of interest.
Anyone interested?
Andy
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Manning's User Group Program delivers free copies of the latest books for
your group to review, provides authors to present at upcoming meetings,
and now introduces a new way for your user group
New Books! Check out the latest in-depth books on the hottest technologies!
Promise to post written reviews and your group can select one of these new
books ? (visit Manning's User Group Program for guidelines).
a.. Jakarta Commons Online Bookshelf
b.. Spring in Action
c.. Lucene in Action
d.. Struts Recipes
e.. SWT/JFace in Action
f.. Java Reflection in Action
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a.. Jakarta Commons Online Bookshelf
Jakarta Commons is a collection of open-source Java tools broadly ranging
from logging, validation, bean utilities and XML parsing. Written for
developers and architects, the Jakarta Commons Online Bookshelf is an
electronic collection of fourteenindividual modules, focused on the main Commons components. The author is
an experienced Jakarta Commons pro. He points out the rationale behind a
component and then provides his expert explanation and hands-on examples
of its use. Check out modulesamples, or order at www.manning.com/goyal.
Vikram Goyal is a Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform. His
series of articles on Jakarta Commons was the first such effort to make
sense out of the chaotic world of Jakarta Commons and is still the only
online series covering thesecomponents. He is the author of Beginning JSP 2.0 and Professional JSP
Site Design, and regularly writes how-to articles on open source projects.
Vikram lives in Brisbane , Australia .
Jakarta Commons Online Bookshelf
ISBN 1932394-5-24
PDF Ebook (402 pages), $39.95, with Individual Modules, $4.00 to $7.00 each.
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b.. Spring in Action
Spring in Action is a hands-on exploration of this popular framework.
Combining short code snippets and an ongoing example developed throughout
the book, it shows you how to build simple and efficient J2EE
applications. Read sample chapters or order at
http://www.manning.com/walls2
Craig Walls is a software developer with over 10 years' experience and
co-author of XDoclet in Action and lives in Denton , Texas . An avid
supporter of open source Java technologies, Ryan Breidenbach has been
developing Java web applications for the past five years. He lives in
Coppell, Texas.
Spring in Action
ISBN 1932394-35-4
Softbound, 472 pages, $44.95
Ebook $22.50
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c.. Lucene in Action
Lucene in Action is the authoritative guide to Lucene, a highly scalable,
fast search engine that delivers performance and is easy to use. Learn how
to index your data and how to search, sort, filter, and highlight search
results. The book includes many reusable examples and good advice on best
practices. Written for developers who need powerful search capabilities in
their applications or those who are just curious about Lucene. Read sample
chapters and order at www.manning.com/hatcher2
A committer on the Ant, Lucene, and Tapestry open-source projects, Erik
Hatcher is coauthor of Manning's award-winning "Java Development with Ant.
" He hails from Charlottesville , VA. Otis Gospodnetic is a Lucene
committer, a member of Apache Jakarta Project Management Committee, and
maintainer of jGuru's Lucene FAQ. Otis lives in New York , NY.
Lucene In Action
ISBN: 1932394-28-1
Softbound, 456 pages, $44.95
Ebook: $22.50
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d.. Struts Recipes
Struts Recipes offers a broad collection of practical solutions for
advanced developers who need to transcend out-of-the-box Struts features
and get things done. Each recipe clearly defines the problem, gives you
the background you need, and discusses practical implications of adopting
the solution. Read sample chapters at www.manning.com/franciscus.
George Franciscus is a J2EE consultant, Struts authority, and co-author of
Struts in Action. He hails from Mississauga, ON, Canada. Danilo Gurovich
is a Manager of Web Engineering at an ecommerce company. He has designed
ecommerce and ERP/EAI Strutsapplications and led teams who built them. He lives in Santa Monica , CA .
Struts Recipes
ISBN 1-932394-24-9
Softbound, 520 pages, $44.95
(no ebook edition)
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e.. SWT/JFace in Action
SWT/JFace in Action is written for intermediate and advanced programmers
who need to go beyond the available documentation of the combined
SWT/JFace development tools. The book covers high-level theory and
low-level details of each component through a sample application plus many
code examples. Also covered are Rich Client Platform, Draw2D, Graphical
Editing Framework and how to combine SWT elements with objects from
Microsoft's popular Component Object Model (COM) to build powerful user
interfaces. Read sample chapters at www.manning.com/scarpino .
Matthew Scarpino, Stephen Holder, Stanford Ng, and Laurent Mihalkovic
together have a rich and varied background from work on applications for
reconfigurable computing, financial management, and enterprise
development. Matt lives in Fort Worth, TX and Stephen lives in Tustin, CA.
SWT/JFace in Action
ISBN 1932394-27-3
Softbound, 496 pages, $44.95
Ebook $22.50
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f.. Java Reflection in Action
Up to now, reflection was considered tricky, a tool best left to
sophisticated programmers. Java Reflection in Action makes this inbuilt
feature of the Java language accessible to the intermediate programmer.
This practical guide gradually builds a complete understanding with many
clear and easily understood examples derived from the authors' on the job
experiences. Read sample chapters at www.manning.com/forman.
Dr. Ira Forman is a computer scientist at IBM . He has worked on
reflection since the early 1990s when he developed IBM?s SOM Metaclass
Framework. Nate Forman works for Ticom Geomatics where he uses reflection
to solve day-to-day problems. Both live in Austin , Texas .
Java Reflection in Action
ISBN 1932394-18-4
Softbound, 300 pages, $44.95
Ebook, $22.50
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From andy at pasty.org.uk Wed Apr 13 14:52:21 2005
From: andy at pasty.org.uk (Andrew McGregor)
Date: Wed Apr 13 13:53:19 2005
Subject: [Bath-pm] Book Review
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Hi Amias,
> That seems an interesting idea , i currently write articles for linux
> format on a freelance basis and am looking to get more involved
> in technical writing.
Sounds like you are the right person to get us started.
> Does the book go to me or is it shared by Bath.pm ?
I've re-read the e-mails I have from Manning's and it doesn't explicitly
state who (i.e. Bath.pm or the reviewer) owns the book.
Hard copies are "encouraged to be shared", but PDF's are for the reviewer
only.
I have no problems with the reviewer being the permanent custodian.
> Does publishing the review on my blog count or are there a list of
> acceptable publishers/locations ?
There is no predefined location, but I've agreed in principal that the
review would published i) on this list, and ii) on a web site. I don't
see any problem with posting a link to your blog, although I think it
would be nice if we could start to build up a review section on
bath.pm.org.
Manning's suggested posting the review on Amazon - I guess this makes most
commercial sense for their marketing.
I believe your proposals for publishing can be suggested on application of
a book.
> I would say that this is not a great deal unless the review is around
> 200 words or less . Linux format would pay several times the value of
> the book as well as giving me the review copy in exchange for 800
> words.
No, you won't be getting rich from it :) But it is only a review to be
read by few potential book customers and not a technical article.
> I'm learning java and would be interested in java books if a better
> deal could be brokered. The most interesting to me are A and F.
I can give you contact details if you would like to try and get a better
deal, but I guess you would have more bargaining power after you have
reviewed a book or two.
Regards,
Andy